THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM

The State Hermitage Museum has a collection of about three million works of art and monuments of world culture. It includes paintings, graphics, sculptures and objects of applied art, archaeological finds and numismatic material.

The main ensemble of the Hermitage, located in the center of St. Petersburg, includes the Winter Palace, the former ceremonial residence of the Russian emperors, the buildings of the Small, Old and New Hermitage, the Hermitage Theater and the Spare House. The museum complex includes the Menshikov Palace and the eastern wing of the General Staff building, the restoration and preservation center "Staraya The Village" and the museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory.